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A Life Measured in Seconds by Anne Wilkins (audio)

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This episode features "A Life Measured in Seconds" written by Anne Wilkins. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wilkins_06_26...

DystopiaSurveillance StatePost Apocalyptic

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abusebody-horror

Aly by Grace Chan (audio)

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This episode features "Aly" written by Grace Chan. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/chan_05_26 Support us on Patreon at...

AI FictionAI PersonhoodSlow Burn

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mental-illnesswar

Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler by Tia Tashiro (audio)

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This episode features "Archaeological Evidence for the Time Traveler" written by Tia Tashiro. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at:...

Literary SFMotherhoodTender

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death

Bend Like the Palm by David D. Levine (audio)

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This episode features "Bend Like the Palm" written by David D. Levine. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/levine_03_26 Support...

Speculative FictionMentorshipPacific Islands

Burning Day by Samantha Murray (audio)

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This episode features "Burning Day" written by Samantha Murray. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/murray_06_26 Support us on...

First ContactFamilySecond Person

Conquerors by Nick Wolven (audio)

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This episode features "Conquerors" written by Nick Wolven. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wolven_05_26 Support us on Patreon...

Social SFMentorshipEarnest

Crosstalk, Elysium by Carolyn Zhao (audio)

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This episode features "Crosstalk, Elysium" written by Carolyn Zhao. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/zhao_03_26 Support us on...

Space OperaConsciousnessUnreliable Narrator

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deathviolencewar

D0G by Tania Fordwalker (audio)

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This episode features "D0G" written by Tania Fordwalker. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/fordwalker_04_26 Support us on...

DystopiaFound FamilyPost Apocalyptic

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death-of-a-loved-oneviolencewar

Decimation Circles by Raahem Alvi (audio)

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This episode features "Decimation Circles" written by Raahem Alvi. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/alvi_05_26 Support us on...

CyberpunkCorporate PowerBleak

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body-horrorgoreviolence

Eternity in Their Hearts by Katherine Khan (audio)

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This episode features "Eternity in Their Hearts" written by Katherine Khan. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/khan_04_26...

AI FictionArtificial IntelligenceRestrained Prose

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death-of-a-loved-one

First Human Ghost on Mars by R.L. Meza (audio)

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This episode features "First Human Ghost on Mars" written by R.L. Meza. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/meza_03_26 Support...

Science FantasyConsciousnessDeep Space

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body-horrordeathviolence

Human Studies 401 by Abby Nicole Yee (audio)

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This episode features "Human Studies 401" written by Abby Nicole Yee. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/yee_04_26 Support us...

DystopiaArtificial IntelligenceSardonic

Ice, Rock, Empathy by Damián Neri (audio)

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This episode features "Ice, Rock, Empathy" written by Damián Neri. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/neri_06_26 Support us on...

First ContactFound FamilyPhilosophical

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body-horrordeath

Macaroni Art in the Age of Filtration by Ryan Cole (audio)

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This episode features "Macaroni Art in the Age of Filtration" written by Ryan Cole. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at:...

DystopiaFound FamilyEarnest

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deathillness-and-pandemic

Paper Airplane Poet by Sheri Singerling (audio)

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This episode features "Paper Airplane Poet" written by Sheri Singerling. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/singerling_05_26...

Secondary World FantasyClass InequalitySecondary World

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deathgoresexual-content

Person, Place, Thing by Marissa Lingen (audio)

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This episode features "Person, Place, Thing" written by Marissa Lingen. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/lingen_03_26 Support...

First ContactColonialismUnreliable Narrator

Scion by Thomas Ha (audio)

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This episode features "Scion" written by Thomas Ha. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_03_26 Support us on Patreon at...

Science FantasyColonialismSlow Burn

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body-horrorgoreviolence

Scion: Afterword by Thomas Ha (audio)

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This episode features "Scion: Afterword" written by Thomas Ha. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha2_03_26 Support us on...

Science FantasyFatherhoodMetafictional

Shelter by Nadia W. Aldsen (audio)

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This episode features "Shelter" written by Nadia W. Aldsen. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/aldsen_04_26 Support us on...

First ContactCorporate PowerSatirical

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body-horror

The Floating Republic by Rebecca Campbell (audio)

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This episode features "The Floating Republic" written by Rebecca Campbell. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/campbell_06_26...

Space OperaFamilyHopeful

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deathviolencewar

The Forgetting Code by Malena Salazar Maciá (audio)

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This episode features "The Forgetting Code" written by Malena Salazar Maciá. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/macia_04_26...

AI FictionFatherhoodDeep Space

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death-of-a-loved-one

The Potential Side Effects of Roleplay Stimulation Therapy by Claire Jia-Wen (audio)

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This episode features "The Potential Side Effects of Roleplay Stimulation Therapy" written by Claire Jia-Wen. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at:...

Speculative FictionFriendshipRestrained

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abuseself-harmsubstance-use

The Profitable Sentience of Household Goods by Louis Inglis Hall (audio)

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This episode features "The Profitable Sentience of Household Goods" written by Louis Inglis Hall. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at:...

DystopiaAI PersonhoodEpistolary Adjacent

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violencewar

The Scent of Memory by Zhao Haihong (audio)

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This episode features "The Scent of Memory" written by Zhao Haihong and translated by S. Qiouyi Lu. Published in the May 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at:...

Literary SFClass InequalityEarnest

The Trajectory of Memory is Forward by Rajeev Prasad (audio)

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This episode features "The Trajectory of Memory is Forward" written by Rajeev Prasad. Published in the April 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at:...

BiopunkColonialismPost Apocalyptic

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body-horrorviolence

Those Who Left History by Wanxiang Fengnian (audio)

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This episode features "Those Who Left History" written by Wanxiang Fengnian and translated by Stella Jiayue Zhu. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at:...

Literary SFClass InequalityEpistolary Adjacent

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self-harmviolencewar

Three Cases from the Cosmic Psychiatric Clinic by Pan Haitian (audio)

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This episode features "Three Cases from the Cosmic Psychiatric Clinic" written by Pan Haitian. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at:...

AI FictionJusticeSatirical

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deathviolence

Up the Line to Death by Carrie Vaughn (audio)

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This episode features "Up the Line to Death" written by Carrie Vaughn. Published in the June 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vaughn_06_26 Support...

AI FictionArtificial IntelligenceEarnest

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war

You Are Invited to Our SPRING CELEBRATION by Thoraiya Dyer (audio)

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This episode features "You Are Invited to Our SPRING CELEBRATION" written by Thoraiya Dyer. Published in the March 2026 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine and read by Kate Baker. The text version of this story can be found at:...

First ContactMentorshipDeep Space